teenage incapability. Depression, alienation, and reclusiveness become recurring
renounced feelings with no optimism. He lives life with a brass face and hides how he really feels deep within. Readers never truly acquire the full picture of Holden Caulfield until the completion of the novel. He never allows us to see his hidden demons until he is overtaken by them with his fall from grace. Loss, is a continuous battle Holden must face on a day to day grind. Whether it is Holden’s younger brother Allie, or his friend from youth, Jane, or even James Castle’s death in Elkton Hills,
step into the adult world. Now, imagine a strong obsession with depression. Envision being terrified at any form of rejection from others. Holden Caulfield experiences all the mentioned aspects when he recounts his own adolescent years. J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, depicts Holden Caulfield’s life after getting expelled from Pencey Prep, a prestigious private school based in Pennsylvania. After leaving school two days early, Holden decides to spend his time exploring the streets of New York City
Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is a depressed teenager who hates nearly everything in the world. There are two main loves in Holden’s life shown throughout the book, the “perfect” Jane Gallagher and his hated Sally Hayes. However, throughout the book, the reality of Jane is never proven. In all, the character that changes Holden the most in JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye is Jane, as she is not even real and made up by Holden in his head, the vision of perfection that Holden has put in Jane forces
Holden Caulfield is the main character and narrator of Catcher in the Rye. The story is given after the fact in a stream of consciousness, as Holden is in a rest home. Holden alienates himself to provide a sense of protection from the “real” world he must start living in. He describes adulthood as superficial, hypercritical, and shallow. He believes that he is above the adult world, as all adults are phonies. Holden believes that phoniness is what is wrong in the world and is his excuse for alienating
deep perspective about his novel by showing the true feelings behind the complex character who is Holden Caulfield. Salinger was born on January 1, 1919 in New York City and became a world renowned author after the creation of his first novel, The Catcher in the Rye. In 1942, Salinger was drafted into the army after the invasion of Pearl Harbor where he devised multiple chapters about Holden Caulfield’s character. Although Salinger employed many effective themes throughout the novel, we would discourage